Acts 22
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Acts 22:25-28

25But whenG5613 they stretchedG4385 him outG4385 1with strapsG2438, PaulG3972 saidG3004 to the centurionG1543 who was standingG2476 by, “Is it 2lawfulG1832 for you to flogG3147 3a manG444 who is a RomanG4514 and uncondemnedG178?”

26When the centurionG1543 heardG191 this, he wentG4334 to the commanderG5506 and toldG518 him, sayingG3004, “WhatG5101 areG3195 you aboutG3195 toG3195 doG4160? For thisG3778 manG444 is a RomanG4514.”

27The commanderG5506 cameG4334 and saidG3004 to 4Paul, “TellG3004 me, are you a RomanG4514?” And he saidG5346, “YesG3483.”

28The commanderG5506 answeredG611, “I acquiredG2932 thisG3778 citizenshipG4174 for a largeG4183 sumG2774 ofG2774 moneyG2774.” And PaulG3972 saidG5346, “But I was actuallyG2532 bornG1080 a citizen.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 22:25 Or for the whip ↩
  2. 2. Acts 22:25 Interrogation by torture was a procedure used with slaves ↩
  3. 3. Acts 22:25 Acts 16:37 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 22:27 Lit him ↩

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